Senior Application Engineer for System Power Automotive product line

NXP Semiconductors

Guadalajara, Jal.
Permanente
Tiempo completo

Hace 1 mes

ContextAs an important part of NXP’s analog automotive strategy, System Power Automotive product line develops and markets a broad portfolio of power management products for automotive applications. System Power Automotive business is growing into the next phase with the ambition of becoming one of the largest semiconductor suppliers in the segment, by constantly creating added value for our customers and partners. To support this business growth, we are looking for a Senior Application Engineer.As a Power Management Applications Engineer, you will be responsible for the technical support during the design win and the product development.During the design win phase, you will be closely working with Sales, Marketing and Field Application Engineers (FAE), while also interfacing directly with our automotive customers (Tier1 and OEM). You are the technical expert of the product for these internal and external customers.During the product development phase, you will ensure the validation of the product in conformance with its specification and the customer use cases, you will own the customer facing documentation like Datasheet and Application Notes, you will develop Evaluation Boards with its Graphical User Interface and you will develop tools like Thermal and Simulation models.MissionsSuccessful candidate should have a good knowledge on embedded systems for automotive, with an analog and digital electronic engineering expertise, to validate and support Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) products including DC-DC and Linear regulator topologies, Automotive battery connected and low voltage devices.The Application Engineer will be part of an international team, working closely with the Product Definer, Design team, Test and Product Engineering teams, Characterization and ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) labs.The Application Engineer is responsible of the following activities:

Design the Evaluation Boards (EVB) for internal and customer validation
Specify the Graphical User Interface requirements to connect the EVB to a computer
Plan and prepare validation specification (planning, workload)
Validate the new products at lab (regulators, low power modes, fault injection test,…)
Develop automated tools to reduce the validation cycle time
Create and maintain customer documentation (Datasheet, Application Notes, …)
Create tools to simplify the customer support (SMPS simulation models, thermal models, power dissipation calculator, …)
Support technically our Sales, Marketing and FAE teams
Support the integration of our PMICs at the customers (training, schematic/layout reviews, …)
Participate to benchmark activities
Answer customer Request For Quotation (RFQ) with existing products in our portfolio
Collaborate with others Product Lines for System Solution support, especially with our Microcontroller and Microcomputer teams.
Present and Train power management and functional safety technologies implemented in our PMICs to FAEs and customers

ProfileRequired Skills:

Education / Studies: Master Degree or equivalent in Electronic Engineering
At least 5 years of experience in automotive hardware development, ideally in the power management domain
Good knowledge in Analog, Power Electronics, Switch Mode Power Supply (Buck, Boost, Flyback SEPIC…) control loop, EMC testing and noise filtering
Lab measurement basics, standard lab equipment experience
Circuit simulator experience: SPICE, Simplis, Verilog-AMS, …
Software coding basics: C language, Python, Labview, ...
PCB development : schematic design, component placement, layout for SMPS converters basic, (Cadence environment or equivalent)
Good debugging and problem solving skills
Experience in working in international and interdisciplinary teams
Ability to communicate concisely and clearly in English, with global team work experience
Team spirit and ready to travel world wide

Desired Skills (one or multiple desired skills are a plus):

Knowledge of application processors and system design
Understanding of the relevant Automotive Electrical standards and technologies
Functional Safety and ISO26262 knowledge would be beneficial
Knowledge of circuit behavioral modeling
Experience defining new analog IPs and IC architecture design

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